A Macro-Social Exploratory Analysis of the Rate of Interstate Cyber-Victimization

This study examines whether macro-level opportunity indicators affect cyber-theft victimization. Based on the arguments from criminal opportunity theory, exposure to risk is measured by state-level patterns of internet access (where users access the internet). Other structural characteristics of sta...

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1. VerfasserIn: Song, Hyojong (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Lynch, Michael J. ; Cochran, John K.
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2016
In: American journal of criminal justice
Jahr: 2016, Band: 41, Heft: 3, Seiten: 583-601
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State-level analysis
Macro-level crime analysis
Online routine activity
Household activity
Criminal opportunity theory
Cyber-theft victimization
Cybercrime
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Zusammenfassung:This study examines whether macro-level opportunity indicators affect cyber-theft victimization. Based on the arguments from criminal opportunity theory, exposure to risk is measured by state-level patterns of internet access (where users access the internet). Other structural characteristics of states were measured to determine if variation in social structure impacted cyber-victimization across states. The current study found that structural conditions such as unemployment and non-urban population are associated with where users access the internet. Also, this study found that the proportion of users who access the internet only at home was positively associated with state-level counts of cyber-theft victimization. The theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.
ISSN:1936-1351
DOI:10.1007/s12103-015-9308-4